A One Night Event Educating Aggies on Ways to Alleviate the World Water Crisis AFIL Project By: Eva Coulson & Mario Garza

The Plan (s) Raise enough money to build two latrines in Guatemala Educate and hold a Public Sanitation Awareness Day for Texas A&M students

The Problems Organizations not responding Not as immediately attractive to most people In retrospect we believe it had less probability of success

Reformation The Aggies CARE program This time the project is not about AIDS but about another global crisis altogether We continued this name because it is catchy and expresses our sentiment Aggies DO care and offer themselves to selfless service and helping others

Aggies CARE: Water Missions International Started in Honduras in 1998 by Environmental Engineers Located in Belize, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, and Uganda They build water treatment and sanitation systems

Our Partnerships We teamed up with MSC Freshman Leadership International Mutual interest in water projects and both parties worked together to initiate an international collaboration with MSC FLI, AFIL, and WMI

April 25, 2012 (Earth Day) 5pm Audience Arrives at Rudder 301 5:10pm Keynote Speaker Begins 5:45pm Questions Begin 5:55pm MSC Freshman Leadership International 6:05pm The Thirst Project

Dr. Bryan Boulanger Associate Professor for Environmental Engineering Associated with the School of Rural Public Health Liaison between medical and engineering personnel- using cross vocabularies Began with the “F” Chart and his motivations Showcased water filtering technologies Global crisis and local poverty

MSC FLI Traveled to Punta Gorda, Belize 13 Aggies, 7 Days Taught leadership workshops and educated children on sanitation Refurbished the local well

The Thirst Project Elaine came and recruited for the Thirst Project A networking opportunity to connect like-minded people interested in being involved in water projects

Content Purpose 1. Dr. Boulanger’s on-the-ground experience and practical know-how gave the audience a practical perspective on water projects 2. MSC FLI, freshmen students highlighted on-campus student organization projects being done internationally 3. Thirst Project, giving students the opportunity to get involved and forge new connections on-campus

Challenges and Successes MSC room booking became too pricy Last minute technology errors (fortunately corrected by our brilliant professor) General communication challenges regarding attendance Generous pizza donation Incredible speaker availability and flexibility Positive survey response feedback

Survey and Statistics 17 people in attendance Of those that took the survey: 100% felt they learned something new 100% said they would come to a program like this next year 5 Freshmen 2 Sophomores 3 Juniors 2 Seniors

Who We Would Like to Thank: Domino’s Pizza All of our attendees Elaine for coming and sharing her vision Department Heads who spread our message Our Mentors, Mr. Rey Spinelli and Dr. Bill Mobley The Academy of Future International Leaders Mr. Ben Petty